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George Lucas Will Change The Way Hollywood Works — Again
Welcome to Hollywood Slavebots, a new column where I'll uncover the seedy underverse of scifi Hollywood to show you how money-grubbing studios, bad contracts and bickering execs will change your scifi entertainment future. Thirty years ago, George Lucas changed Hollywood forever, with the original Star Wars. Now he's trying to do it again, with a new animated Star Wars series, Clone Wars, which broke all the studios' rules for how TV and movies are created. Click through for details, plus a gallery of new Clone Wars concept art. More »
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25 Glorious Years of Loving the Ewoks
It may make you feel old, but you have to face up to the truth of the matter: This year, Ewoks celebrate their first quarter century since springing, fully-formed no matter how short, from George Lucas' fevered furry mind. And, while these days the little midget bears have come to personify everything that went wrong in the third installment of the Star Wars trilogy, it's worth remembering just how many attempts were made to make us love them, way back when. And if you think it's just haterade for the rebels' favorite furballs here, you may be surprised by the musical interlude we've got for you below. More »
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Star Wars Saga Has An End -- And An Ever-Expanding Middle
Want to know what happens after Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi? You have to venture into the "expanded universe" of books, comics and video games, says creator George Lucas, who reiterated that he never plans to make episodes 7, 8 or 9 of the series. For Lucas, the saga begins with Anakin's childhood and ends with his redemption and death. But Lucas is perfectly happy to keep stuffing the gaps in that narrative with more and more padding. More »
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The Wacky Science Fiction Titles of LucasArts
LucasArts is best-known for its endless supply of Star Wars games, but the company really hit a peak in the adventure game genre from 1986 to 2002 when they combined elements of interactive fiction with graphics and a new interface. Check out LucasArts' colorful past with games like Day of the Tentacle and Maniac Mansion, in our tour of adventure games past. More »
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Batman Teams Up With Yoda, On Cartoon Fridays
The greatest new DC Comics character of recent years, the new Blue Beetle, looks like he'll be turning up on the Cartoon Network this fall, as part of yet another Batman cartoon. The Brave and the Bold will team Batman with Jaime Reyes' Beetle, plus Green Arrow, Green Lantern and Aquaman. The Cartoon Network's upfront presentation to advertisers also included a few tidbits about the new Star Wars: Clone Wars animated show. More »
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Indiana Jones Will Be (Mostly) CGI-Free, Designer Tells io9
Will Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull feature Indy ducking CGI boulders and reacting to greenscreen aliens? Not according to production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas, who also worked on Superman Returns and X2: X-Men United. We just talked to Dyas, who says he built all of the movie's sets, with little or no greenscreen. More details, and a gallery of Dyas' designs from Superman and X2, after the jump. More »
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Apparently, you're going to hate the new Indiana Jones movie, unless you liked the first three. Oh, and Star Wars could go on forever, or at least 100 episodes, now that it's no longer a movie series. Those are just two unexpected revelations from George Lucas in a recent interview. Read on to find out more about the new Indy film and what the future holds for Star Wars.
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Indiana Jones To Disappoint, Star Wars To Live For Years
Apparently, you're going to hate the new Indiana Jones movie, unless you liked the first three. Oh, and Star Wars could go on forever, or at least 100 episodes, now that it's no longer a movie series. Those are just two unexpected revelations from George Lucas in a recent interview. Read on to find out more about the new Indy film and what the future holds for Star Wars.
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Finally, Luke Skywalker's Jesus Qualities Are Recognized
You thought you had too much time on your hands, but did you ever spend two weeks making a mosaic version of The Last Supper starring characters from Star Wars, made up from 69,000 stills from the six Star Wars movies? Exactly. See it in more detail under the jump. More »
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You Have Severely Overestimated How Awful This Blog Post Will Be
I'm going to do a psychological experiment on you to prove how lousy humans are at predicting the future. First, I want you to imagine reading a post about how scientists are using nanobots to restore George Lucas' brain to the state it was in right after he made THX 1138, and he'll use that brain to reboot the Star Wars franchise with Joss Whedon as the lead writer. Then I want you to imagine reading below the fold on this blog post. How much do you think you are going to enjoy reading this post? More »
Tell George Lucas Why Star Wars Sucks
Back in 1983 we're sure George Lucas got plenty of snail mail from angry fans telling him how much they hated the Ewoks in Return of the Jedi, and asking him why he killed off Boba Fett in such a lame fashion. Now, 25 years later, he'll be getting another slew of berating fans, this time in the form of a documentary. The People Vs. George Lucas wants you to film interviews with yourself, or others, and send them in. They'll be compiled alongside interviews with "celebrities" where they hope it will end up in theaters. So if you've been posting on message boards for years, seething at Lucas, the prequels, and the special editions, this is your chance to let him have it. [Obsessed With Film]
Back in 1983 we're sure George Lucas got plenty of snail mail from angry fans telling him how much they hated the Ewoks in Return of the Jedi, and asking him why he killed off Boba Fett in such a lame fashion. Now, 25 years later, he'll be getting another slew of berating fans, this time in the form of a documentary. The People Vs. George Lucas wants you to film interviews with yourself, or others, and send them in. They'll be compiled alongside interviews with "celebrities" where they hope it will end up in theaters. So if you've been posting on message boards for years, seething at Lucas, the prequels, and the special editions, this is your chance to let him have it. [Obsessed With Film]
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You Probably Own These In A Galaxy Far, Far Away
While we've all seen some pretty bad Star Wars merchandise in our lives, only Jason Geyer - a former product designer who worked on merchandise to support The Phantom Menace - can let us know just how lucky we are that things weren't much, much worse. After all, did the world really need Bantha Slippers or Leia-hairbun headphones? Both were part of the pitch package that Geyer and cohorts put together to show Lucasfilm that they knew just how to take Star Wars concepts to a new audience. Behind the jump, see more examples of what you could've spent your money on in a parallel world. More »
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New Jedi Wannabe Has The Worst Possible Teacher
Here's the first look at a new character from the Star Wars: The Clone Wars cartoon series. She's a young Jedi Padawan named Ahsoka Tano, and it sounds as though she plays a crucial role in the events of the clone wars between episodes two and three of the prequel trilogy. Click through for more details — including one surprising twist — and the full picture. More »
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Alien Bestiality, Brought To You By George Lucas
1986's Howard the Duck may have been the moment we stopped having quite so much faith in George Lucas. His big-screen adaptation of the comic about an alien duck who falls to Earth tried hard to capture writer Steve Gerber's gonzo sensibility, but veered badly off course. Like this scene, where Howard has a weirdly sexy moment with his friend Beverly. "Do you think I could find romance in the animal kingdom?" she asks. But we also have a clip of the genuinely awesome opening, where Howard whizzes through space while a cheesy voice-over explains the multiverse. More »
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Eight Reasons Why The Hero's Journey Sucks
We've been somewhat shocked to see so many people defending Joseph Campbell in the comments on our hero's journey post. Hey, we got stoned and read The Hero With A Thousand Faces in college, just like everybody else, and we thought it was super deep. All those primal archetypes and spiritual patterns were totally hardwired into the joint checking account of our collective unconscious. But that didn't mean we wanted to watch a thousand movies and read ten thousand books based on Campbell's dime-store anthropology. Here are some reasons why Campbell should go back on the shelf. More »
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Science Fiction Will Rule the Oscars This Year
The Oscars will be all about science fiction this year — at least, if you look at the Awards ceremony poster. It was painted by celebrated poster artist Drew Struzan, who also created posters for The Phantom Menace, designed the ILM Logo, and was designated by Spielberg as "the only artist who was allowed to paint E.T." Recently he painted artwork for the new Blade Runner: The Final Cut DVD, based on his original artwork from 1982 when the film came out. It's not surprising that his Oscar poster depicts the golden guy in a sea of stars. Check out some of Struzan's amazing work in our gallery and find out more below. More »
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has a new photograph out today, all packed with cobwebs and spiders. It also looks like Shia LaBeouf's uniform throughout the film will be his greaser biker jacket, helping hammer home the whole "Hey, I'm a teenaged rebel, man!" attitude. If he picks up the whip once and swings it, we're calling shenanigans. We've got the full story on what's happening in this photo.
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First Look at Indiana Jones in the Cobwebby Alien Dungeon
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has a new photograph out today, all packed with cobwebs and spiders. It also looks like Shia LaBeouf's uniform throughout the film will be his greaser biker jacket, helping hammer home the whole "Hey, I'm a teenaged rebel, man!" attitude. If he picks up the whip once and swings it, we're calling shenanigans. We've got the full story on what's happening in this photo.
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